Turkey’sindustrial production rose to 4.4% in February adjusted for the number of working days, above analyst forecasts for 2.4%, Bloomberg said. Turkey’s Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 Index rose 1.55%.

Emerging Market Stocks on the Move

China’s solar stocks rallied after Trina Solar’s (TSL) chairman said the company would be profitable during the second half of 2013 and reports circulated that Warren Buffett is interested in buyingSuntech Power Holdings (STP), according to Bloomberg. Trina rose 7.6% to $3.8, while Suntech rose 15.7% to 48 cents.

Shares of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (GOL) rose 9.6% to $5.83 after the Brazilian airline said it would spinoff its Smiles frequent-flyer program to raise $677 million and pay down debt, the Wall Street Journal said.

TheStreet Ratings reiterated its buy rating on Baidu (BIDU) for its “robust revenue growth,” among other factors. Shares of Baidu rose 0.6% to $84.07.

About Emerging Markets Daily

Emerging markets have been synonymous with growth, but the outlook for individual nations is constantly changing. Countries from Brazil and Russia to Turkey face challenges including infrastructure bottlenecks, credit issues and political shifts. Barrons.com’s Emerging Markets Daily blog analyzes news, data and research out of emerging markets beyond Asia to help readers navigate the investment landscape.

Barron’s veteran Dimitra DeFotis has been blogging about emerging market investing since traveling to India and Turkey. Based in New York, she previously wrote for Barron’s about U.S. equity investing, including cover stories and roundtables on energy themes. Dimitra was among the first digital journalists at the Chicago Tribune and started her career as a police reporter at the Daily Herald in the Chicago suburbs. Dimitra holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Columbia University, where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in the business and journalism schools. She studies multiple languages and photography.